Latest from Gisborne

Hanging up the headphones

After 34 years on Tūranga FM, Walter ‘The Wiz’ Walsh is moving on. He spoke to kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor. Walter Walsh, 56, is definitely the whizz who is The Wiz, on the mic at Tūranga FM after entertaining the communities of...

Standing up to speak out

Tina Ngata (Ngāti Porou) is looking forward to the opportunity to kōrero about urgent issues facing Māori, on the stage of M9. M9 is an event that is a mix between the modern-day TED talks and the age-old practice of oratory. The two-hour event...

Planters on wheels

Craft your own versatile garden with mobile planter boxes on wheels, personalised to fit your gardening needs and easily movable to any desired location. Planter boxes on wheels are pretty handy. They create a portable garden that you can move...

Shortcut to flavour

Prepare a quick dinner with Cheat’s Chicken Pomodoro — a delicious dish perfect for an effortless meal. Traditionally made with fresh cherry tomatoes, this dish makes a great speedy dinner. If you’re cooking for two, this recipe is easily...

Trail tales

A group from the Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club enjoyed hiking a section of the reopened Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk, soon after it opened on January 10. Beautiful new information panels greet visitors inside the Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk...

Gisborne-East Coast crew claim bronze in women’s open fours

by Trevor Mills Kahutia Bowling Club members Dayvinia Mills and Mere Nepia earned bronze medals at the Bowls New Zealand national women’s fours at Taranaki last weekend. With teammates skip Kaye Bunn (Thames Coast) and Janeen Noble (Whanganui)...

Apple season off to a good start

The Tairāwhiti apple harvest has been going since the beginning of February, with the Royal Gala variety the first picked in the country this season, and it has been going well. Local apples have been packed and shipped to export customers in Asi...

Store lamb prices remain depressed

Five vendors were brave enough yesterday to send store lambs to the weekly Matawhero sale but prices for these lambs remain very depressed, with no sign of improvement until meat schedule prices lift. The larger lambs, of which there were few, still...

Seen the world: End of an era for Gisborne business Elliott Travel

Graham Elliott has been through more ups and downs in the travel industry than he cares to remember. But after nearly 50 years in the business he and wife Kathy are to hand over ownership of Elliott Travel to Luisa and Grant Walsh. “I’m not...

Flood protection in full swing after Cyclone Gabrielle

Major construction works are going on at great pace as stopbanks around the region are built up following Cyclone Gabrielle. Gisborne District Council regional rivers manager Joss Ruifrok said the eastern (city) side of the Waipaoa stopbank flood...

Role models and student leaders

Nearly 100 proud whānau attended the launch of the East Coast Services Academy at Ruatōria RSA on Thursday. Ten students from Ngāta Memorial College and two each from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Waiu and the Correspondence School were issued...

Weekender 2.03.24

Please wait a moment for the PDF to load: Click here for a direct link Click here for a direct link

Gisborne Herald 2.03.24

Please wait a moment for the PDF to load: Click here for a direct link Click here for a direct link

Building to the Oceania champs

Madeleine Wilson is a star on the rise. And 2019 Gisborne Girls’ High School head prefect and dux Maddie, 21, who is in her fifth year of study at the University of Canterbury, has been in superb form lately. At the weekend in Christchurch, she...

Points differential decided Ella Gibson women’s open fours title

Joan Gledhill joined Glenys Whiteman’s team as a late replacement for an ill team member last weekend and was rewarded with her first senior centre title. The team of Whiteman, Del Tamanui, Karen Pinn and Gledhill won the trophy for the Ell...

No more champagne: Be a winner, not a Winston Churchill

Brent Sheather INVESTMENT VIEWS Most analyses of the lives of famous investors are undertaken because they are successful — think Warren Buffett, US money manager David Swensen or financier John Pierpont Morgan. This is unfortunate because their...